The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an ester from a ketone or an aldehyde, which is a reactive substrate, by a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation reaction using hydrogen peroxide, and in this method, as a catalyst, M(BAr
4
)
n
, which is a metal borate, is used (M represents an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; Ar represents an aryl; and n is the same number as the valence of M). For example, when cyclohexanone was used as the reactive substrate, and Sr[B(3,5-CF
3
C
6
H
3
)
4
]
2
was used as the catalyst, ε-caprolactone was obtained at an isolated yield of 82%.
本发明涉及一种从
酮或醛(作为反应底物)制造
酯的方法,该方法通过使用
过氧化氢进行巴耶-维利格
氧化反应,在该方法中,作为
催化剂使用了M(
BAr4)n,该
催化剂是一种
金属
硼酸盐(M代表碱
金属或碱土
金属;Ar代表芳基;n与M的化合价相同)。例如,当
环己酮作为反应底物,Sr[B(3,5-CF3C6H3)4]2作为
催化剂时,得到了
ε-己内酯,其分离收率为82%。